| KingHades said: The Wii U has been out for 4 months right? So that's the COMPARISON here we are comparing the first 4 months. I'm sorry that you can't comprehend you don't have sales data for the first 4 months? It wouldn't make a difference the Wii U is bombing right now you don't want to do that comparison because you will loose even though that's a 100% fair comparison. |
You're trying to say I defend the WiiU? No, I'm fully aware it is bombing, hence I wrote (that is is the quote-tree I did cut now, but you can read it in the quotes in your post): "Looking at thefirst years weekly sales WiiU is trending below PS3 even before european launch."
Also I can assure you, that I would prefer PS3-like sales for WiiU: worse launch but better momentum.
I even made a thread about the sales of WiiU compared to other consoles, and in that I state the abysmal sales of the device. I have made a graphic, that shows it:
As you can see the WiiU trends below everything.
The WiiU will be out 4 months at the END of march. We have yesterday got the sales-data for the 16th week: http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/41343/Global/
I can't much talk about the future, I'm unable to make prophecies. But after 16 weeks of sales the WiiU sold 2,712,674 units (follow the link, if you don't believe me). After 16 weeks of sales the PS3 had sold 1,872,722 units ( http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/39138/Global/ ). We can't compare more by now, as we don't know future sales of WiiU. But I already said (in the abnormally big quote-tree I cutted), that it is to expect according to current sales that the PS3 will be ahead of WiiU sometime in the future. But that is somewhat off-topic, as the thread is about 'Wii U Initial Sales Better Than PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360?'. And that question can be answered with yes. I don't know why you and Max King of the Wild want to go offtopic all the time. Only because I have the numbers that show WiiU sold better initially? I also say that this is worth nothing without the momentum, but you two want to change the topic. You can't discuss away numbers.
Even if the PS3 will have better cumulated sales at one point launch-aligned (and I expect that with current sales), it doesn't change the fact the WiiU sold better INITIALLY (yes, hard to understand word).
"I'm sorry that you can't comprehend you don't have sales data for the first 4 months?"
As I showed, the WiiU is not yet on sale for 4 month, sales-data is behind one or two weeks more.
"t wouldn't make a difference the Wii U is bombing right now you don't want to do that comparison because you will loose even though that's a 100% fair comparison."
I always said that the WiiU sells worse starting with the new year. So why do you say stuff like that. And the fair comparison of the first 16 weeks shows the WiiU on top. So I don't even know what you're talking about. Can't you accept WiiU is doing in one category better than PS3, even if that is worth nothing? Do you really need to defend the PS3 so hard, it is already a successful system with more than 70 million sold. I don't try that hard to defend the WiiU, although I have one, I always said and say now that the current sales are catastrophic.
| Max King of the Wild said:
The reason anyone would bring up launch sales is to provide an example of the console not doing poorly comparitively... but that all becomes irrelevant as more data comes it that we can compare it to... which we have. Ignoring that is just spin. As for the shipments to meet demand, Ps3 sold out in Europe and was supply constrained at launch. I'm not sure how long that lasted for but basically the amount they shipped they sold in March at launch. |
The reason everyone in this thread brings up launch-sales, is that the thread is about that: 'Wii U Initial Sales Better Than PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360?' And I don't spin the bad sales of the WiiU, everytime in the quote-tree I was saying the WiiU sold better initially I also say it does abysmal now. But you only read one part and say I try to spin. If you want to see the full picture, I have made a thread and in this you can see how bad the WiiU does currently: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=152379
But sure, ignore that and try to make a spin that I'm a rabid Nintendo-defender, that wants to show the good side of sales and ignores the bad. I don't ignore the bad. But you try to ignore the ONE statistics the WiiU did better than the PS3. Why? I already said that it is worth nothing. And I wouldn't bring it up in a normal sales-thread, but this is a thread about initial sales.
Both of you try to compare to data we don't have. We don't have a second quarter of shipment for WiiU yet and we don't have 4 months of sales-data yet. Make threads as that happens and I will happily discuss in them.
